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Clel Baudler

Board Member

Clel Baudler

Board Member

Biography

Clel Baudler served as an Iowa state trooper for 32 years before retiring to focus on farming. He was first elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 1998 and currently serves as the Ranking Member of the House Public Safety Committee.

In February 2015, Baudler voted against a bill in the Iowa House that would have made it a misdemeanor offense to wound, kill, trap, capture or collect a cougar/mountain lion. Mountain lions are increasingly rare in the state. There have been only 19 confirmed sightings of the animals in Iowa since 1995, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Additionally, Mountain lions are responsible for fewer than 20 recorded deaths in North America over the last 100 years. Baudler was unswayed, stating, "When you’re out walking Fluffy—mountain lions love Fluffy, they do. I have a big problem with your bill.”

During Iowa's 2014 legislative session, Baudler offered an amendment in the Iowa House that would have allowed children between the ages of 0-14 to possess and shoot handguns with adult supervision.

2014-04-23

In September 2013, CBS News asked Baudler if he was concerned about blind Iowa residents obtaining permits to carry a concealed handgun in public under a "Shall Issue" law that he had supported and helped to pass. Baudler said he wasn't concerned because the blind, like other Iowa residents, are required to undergo a background check and complete a firearms training course before obtaining a permit. They are not, however, required to do a live-fire test to actually demonstrate proficiency with a firearm during that training.

In 2007, Baudler introduced legislation in the Iowa House of Representatives that would have enacted a “Stand Your Ground” law nearly identical to Florida’s law. The law would have abrogated the duty of an individual to retreat from a public confrontation if he could safely do so.

2007-02-26

In 2007, Baudler co-authored legislation that sought to prevent Iowa Department of Motor Vehicles locations from offering information in any language other than English. The bill failed to pass.

In February 2008, Baudler authored and introduced HF 2187, “A bill for an act relating to bail restrictions imposed against a person who is an unauthorized alien.” The bill, which died in subcommittee, sought to require law enforcement to hold “unauthorized aliens” without bail if they were charged with any criminal offense. Such a law would be unconstitutional as applied to a person charged with a federal crime as the Eight Amendment provides, “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” Most U.S. states also have provisions barring excessive bail.

In February 2015, Baudler voted against a bill in the Iowa House that would have made it a misdemeanor offense to wound, kill, trap, capture or collect a cougar/mountain lion. Mountain lions are increasingly rare in the state. There have been only 19 confirmed sightings of the animals in Iowa since 1995, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Additionally, Mountain lions are responsible for fewer than 20 recorded deaths in North America over the last 100 years. Baudler was unswayed, stating, "When you’re out walking Fluffy—mountain lions love Fluffy, they do. I have a big problem with your bill.”

In September 2013, CBS News asked Baudler if he was concerned about blind Iowa residents obtaining permits to carry a concealed handgun in public under a "Shall Issue" law that he had supported and helped to pass. Baudler said he wasn't concerned because the blind, like other Iowa residents, are required to undergo a background check and complete a firearms training course before obtaining a permit. They are not, however, required to do a live-fire test to actually demonstrate proficiency with a firearm during that training.

In 2007, Baudler introduced legislation in the Iowa House of Representatives that would have enacted a “Stand Your Ground” law nearly identical to Florida’s law. The law would have abrogated the duty of an individual to retreat from a public confrontation if he could safely do so.

In February 2008, Baudler authored and introduced HF 2187, “A bill for an act relating to bail restrictions imposed against a person who is an unauthorized alien.” The bill, which died in subcommittee, sought to require law enforcement to hold “unauthorized aliens” without bail if they were charged with any criminal offense. Such a law would be unconstitutional as applied to a person charged with a federal crime as the Eight Amendment provides, “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” Most U.S. states also have provisions barring excessive bail.